Stayed here over F1 weekend with a great price from hotels.com. Convenient to the Kintetsu station, a bit of a walk from the JR station (1-2km, rubbish footpath near JR so a bit difficult with suitcase). Neighbourhood is personified by the fact there is a "No solicitation" sign on the street outside, and certainly there were a few ladies of the night around when I went to the train station at 5am, but as in most places in Japan, I never felt unsafe walking around (solo female traveler). Numerous food and drink outlets nearby, hotel also has restaurants. Tiny rooms as per most business hotels in Japan, but served my purposes. Suzuka Circuit (Shiroko station) is about 15-30 mins by train, depending on local/expres/Ltd express.
